Keir Starmer Acused Of Not Acting Correctly

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• Baroness Kidron accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer of:

  • Being slow to regulate social media and AI.

  • “Appeasing” large technology companies.

• She said further consultations were unnecessary because proposals had already been discussed in the House of Lords.

• Sir Keir has launched a consultation on banning social media for under-16s.

• He has pledged to tackle addictive app design features.

• The government says the UK has introduced some of the strongest online safety protections globally.

• The government plans to:

  • Criminalise “nudification” tools.

  • Bring additional AI chatbots under the Online Safety Act.

• Ministers recently intervened over non-consensual intimate images shared on Grok.

• Baroness Kidron criticised the prime minister for citing his personal parenting experience.

• She said a ban for under-16s would not be a “silver bullet”.

• The UK launched a three-month consultation on under-16 social media restrictions.

• Australia introduced the world’s first such ban last year.

• Critics argue a ban could push children to other parts of the internet.

• Baroness Kidron said children should participate in digital life, but access should be conditional on safety and rights protections.